i was very excited. they met in vegas a professional poker player. he s making good money at it. a former trapeze artist, he fell for it, but she did not gamble on this. i could smell the odor of decay, and blood. or this. at every turn there was another woman. married, with a child and women in multiple cities. what else is he capable of? capable of murder? he had an alibi. credit card transactions and phone records of me from las vegas. but could this little card holds the key? we just a shot in the dark? absolutely. we see a calculated killer? or was his lifestyle on trial? he made mistakes. that doesn t make him a monster. was there one more card up his sleeve? it goes back to him thinking, i ve bluffed some of the best. welcome to dateline. it was a perplexing double murder, with no witnesses and no physical evidence. the victims were a respected couple their son, it turned out, played poker for a living, and could
they made in vegas, a professional poker player. he said he s making good money mad at it. a former trap ease artist she fell for it. but she didn t gamble on this. i could smell the odor of decay and blood. or this at every turn there was another married, with a child, and women in multiple cities what else is he capable of? capable of murder? he had an alibi. credit card transactions and phone records of me from las vegas. but could this little card holds the key? we just a shot in the dark? absolutely. we see a calculated killer? or was his lifestyle on trial? he made mistakes. that doesn t make him a monster. was there one more card up his sleeve? it goes back to him thinking, i ve bluffed some of the best. welcome to dateline. it was a perplexing double murder, with no witnesses and no physical evidence. the victims were a respected couple their son, it turned out, played poker for a living, and could that lifestyle have had so
Credit Card Transactions and Phone Records of me driving from las vegas. But could this little card hold the key . That was just A Shot In The Dark. Absolutely. Was he a calculating killer or was his lifestyle on trial . He made mistakes, but that doesnt make him a monster. Was there one more card up his sleeve . It goes back to him thinking ive bluffed some of the best. The player. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. In this hour the story of a Double Murder that was shocking and puzzling. There were no witnesses and few clues. The victims, a respected couple. Their son, it turned out, played poker for a living. Could that lifestyle have had something to do with the crime . The case was a mystery until prosecutors looked again at bloodstained evidence originally gathered from the crime scene. Could that be the key . Heres keith morrison. Not perfect, of course. What is . Ernies mother, the devout mormon, did not approve of his poker playing, apparently. Even though e
he told her, said adrian, he was thinking of changing his lifestyle, quitting poker, if only she would take him back. but she was a different adrian now. i think i kind of felt more powerful in that conversation than i had with him in a long time. because i know that i don t trust a single word that he says. meanwhile, back in vegas, detectives learned that, just days before the murders, ernie had made a rather unusual request of this man. his name is david mark. he asked me if i would do something slightly illegal for $300. dave it is a professional piano player in vegas. he says, oh, i m looking to get a gun. because i m a professional gambler. and i carry a lot of money. i thought, no. i m not going to do that. and investigators discovered ernie also asked david s performance partner to buy him a gun, and offered another friend $50,000 to point the finger of suspicion away from
i think i kind of felt more powerful in that conversation than i had with him in a long time. because i know that i don t trust a single word that he says. meanwhile, back in vegas, detectives learned that, just days before the murders, bernie had made a rather unusual request of this man. his name is david mosque. he asked me if i would do something slightly illegal for $400. dave it is a professional piano player in vegas. he says, oh, i m looking to get a gun. because i m a professional gambler. and i carry a lot of money. i thought, no. i m not going to do that. and investigators discovered ernie also asked david s performance partner to buy him a gun, and offered another friend $50,000 to point the finger of suspicion away from ernie and toward someone else. and even if none of it was definitive, it all ended up. and it looked bad for ernie. and so, finally, nearly a year